Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from Paris to Dakar. The sad news, which was so unexpected, shook the unusually _____ and unhurried politician. Though she did her best to _____ as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self- assured prime minister who always had everything under _____ . Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to _____ from her shock.
One day when she was to speak at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off guard by bringing up the _____ of her missing son again. She was _____ mentally unprepared for the question and lost control. Tears rolled down her cheeks _____ she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries concerned had _____ to do their best to help her find her son. With that she _____ down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as ______. It was a very moving scene which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher ______ the public do not usually see. People began to talk about the Iron Lady's ______ love, a feeling that is common to the human race.
Later Mark returned ______ to his mother's side, good-humored and all smiles as usual ______ nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Lady, ______, broke down again and was seen sobbing for a second time.
56. A.outstanding | B.busy | C.calm | D.considerate |
57. A.seem | B.talk | C.do | D.pretend |
58. A.construction | B.control | C.discussion | D.pressure |
59. A.respond | B.relieve | C.reduce | D.recover |
60. A.subject | B.object | C.theme | D.message |
61. A.hardly | B.totally | C.partly | D.mostly |
62. A.because | B.though | C.if | D.as |
63. A.permitted | B.admitted | C.promised | D.managed |
64. A.fell | B.went | C.broke | D.brought |
65. A.agreed | B.planned | C.announced | D.explained |
66. A.what | B.whose | C.where | D.which |
67. A.lively | B.likely | C.lovely | D.motherly |
68. A.hungry and tired | B.safe and funny | C.safe and sound | D.tired and sleepy |
69. A.as if | B.even if | C.so that | D.if only |
70. A.therefore | B.however | C.besides | D.thus |